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Delete actor

given: "Alice" created an actor on "abel" called "Alice"

send.Alice.request.create_actor
{
  "base_url": "http://abel",
  "preferred_username": "Alice",
  "profile": {},
  "automatically_accept_followers": null,
  "name": null
}
receive.Alice.response.create_actor
{
  "attachment": null,
  "published": "2025-12-19T09:48:46.507198",
  "@context": [
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
    "https://w3id.org/security/v1",
    {
      "manuallyApprovesFollowers": "as:manuallyApprovesFollowers"
    }
  ],
  "publicKey": {
    "id": "http://abel/actor/bud_88fDpYmslU_vNb7xaw#legacy-key-1",
    "owner": "http://abel/actor/bud_88fDpYmslU_vNb7xaw",
    "publicKeyPem": "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\nMIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAlr620d4ahBVpRCvZsqtI\nf6It1XM+g1GibpBgcDUjtD3F28VMkUmNYn0+mcEAuyx2+QpKyf375mpINi5ludNn\n+3Q1gkN+hrms8o3RDNoxyHSVU7hqHSUCBDRJ99K12nmvTmF1Ad+ewFUFHwkX9oaf\neFyRyaHTp8czZpEuGQ1lzgXHGmkP92Q0yQjQpS+hPcMRtMIuM+mgHbBiF6j83UbH\nhaAwfsXdJtQmnmwFN7LAv5macU1DMQ+fn0G467+gBrfC0SIJP1lgVf187nBfDdgK\nai3tJHxlh5hkqdvkZhZ1mtVFJ+4NywQ6Aopx6COtFv73Ncjv6CHIBj9j13qpYwdr\nEQIDAQAB\n-----END PUBLIC KEY-----\n"
  },
  "id": "http://abel/actor/bud_88fDpYmslU_vNb7xaw",
  "type": "Person",
  "inbox": "http://abel/inbox/AcnI-VBSZXceBvMuhgiO3Q",
  "outbox": "http://abel/actor/bud_88fDpYmslU_vNb7xaw/outbox",
  "followers": "http://abel/actor/bud_88fDpYmslU_vNb7xaw/followers",
  "following": "http://abel/actor/bud_88fDpYmslU_vNb7xaw/following",
  "preferredUsername": "Alice",
  "name": "Alice",
  "identifiers": [
    "acct:Alice@abel",
    "http://abel/actor/bud_88fDpYmslU_vNb7xaw"
  ],
  "endpoints": {
    "sharedInbox": "http://abel/shared_inbox"
  },
  "manuallyApprovesFollowers": true
}

when: "Alice" deletes herself

send.Alice.trigger.delete_actor
{
  "actor": "http://abel/actor/bud_88fDpYmslU_vNb7xaw"
}
receive.Alice.outgoing.Delete
{
  "data": {
    "raw": {
      "@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
      "type": "Delete",
      "actor": "http://abel/actor/bud_88fDpYmslU_vNb7xaw",
      "to": [
        "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
      ],
      "cc": [
        "http://abel/actor/bud_88fDpYmslU_vNb7xaw/followers",
        "http://abel/actor/bud_88fDpYmslU_vNb7xaw/following"
      ],
      "published": "2025-12-19T09:48:46Z",
      "object": "http://abel/actor/bud_88fDpYmslU_vNb7xaw",
      "id": "http://abel/object/019b3603-06e1-728a-99be-e5f935e33bdf"
    }
  },
  "actor": "http://abel/actor/bud_88fDpYmslU_vNb7xaw",
  "event_type": "outgoing",
  "history_id": null
}

when: One queries webfinger for "acct:Alice@abel"

then: No actor URI is returned